The Abingdon was an

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assembled

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built in small numbers in 1922 and 1923 in a factory in

Tyseley Tyseley is a district in the southern half of the city of Birmingham, England, near the Coventry Road and the districts of Acocks Green, Small Heath and Yardley. It is located near the Grand Union Canal. Etymology Tyseley means "Tyssa's clearin ...

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. It used an 11-9 hp 1490 cc 4-cylinder

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engine and a 3-speed gearbox. Only 12 were made. Production was hampered by financial difficulties for the Wrigley company, who supplied key components such as the steering gear and three-speed gearbox.Baldwin, Nick, "A-Z of Cars of the 1920s", Bay View Books, Bideford, Devon, 1998 The company also produced

Abingdon Motorcycles Abingdon Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer in Tyseley, Birmingham between 1903 and 1925. It was renamed AKD (Abingdon King Dick) in 1926 and produced single cylinder motorcycles until 1933, when they concentrated on "King Dick" ...

until 1925. In 1905 and 1906, it had produced the 5 hp (4 kW) AKD

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The company was producer of the world's best known adjustable spanner (from www.madeinbirmingham.org) Vintage vehicles Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England Defunct companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands {{Vintage-auto-stub Cars introduced in 1922

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